src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.hpp

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    // exception table
    int exception_table_length() const;
    ExceptionTableElement* exception_table_start() const;
  
    // method parameters table
+ 
+   // This returns -1 if no parameters are present, a non-negative
+   // value otherwise.  Note: sometimes, there are 0-length parameters
+   // attributes that must be reported up to the reflection API all the
+   // same.
    int method_parameters_length() const;
    MethodParametersElement* method_parameters_start() const;
  
    // method annotations
    bool has_method_annotations() const